ABI Research foresees the lion's share of this growth coming as a product of carrier launches of GPS-enabled smartphones or connected devices offered at the high end of the conventional portable navigation range.

Stuart Carlaw, director of wireless research at ABI Research, says that "From a pure coverage perspective WiMAX is twice as energy-cost-effective and metro Wi-Fi is 50 times more energy-cost-effective than WCDMA.

Additionally, these services allow infrastructure vendors to secure new revenue streams, according to a new study from ABI Research that forecasts double-digit compound annual growth rates over the next five years.

A new study from ABI Research forecasts total mobile video users at more than 32 million in 2008; about 27% of these consumers will use broadcasting technology, and 73% will use unicast streaming technology, while a number of viewers are likely to use both.

NEW YORK -- According to a new study from ABI Research, 2008 will be the take-off year for Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) in the mobile phone, as the technology's small size, flexibility, and performance advantages become big drawcards, critical to enabling the adaptive, multifunction handsets of the future.

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